Stays for trousers



April 13, 1965 J. D. SADOWSKI 3,177,498

STAYS FOR TROUSERS Filed Deo. 4, 1963 .i mpmmpppppnuw FIG.

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BY @JsQJ United States Patent O 3,177,498 STAYS FOR TROUSERS John D.Sadowski, Haddonield, NJ., assignor to Sun Clothes, Inc., Philadelphia,Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed Dec. 4, 1963, Sex'. No. 327,9971 Claim. (Cl. 2-232) This invention relates to improvements in stays forthe legs of trousers, slacks, pants and the like.

It is common to stay a trouser leg by means of a strap adapted to extendunder the foot of the wearer and upwardly on opposite sides thereof forattachment of the opposite end portions to the bottom of the trouserleg. Preferably, the strap is detachably secured to the trouser leg, butnormally this involves the use of buttons and blind buttonholes.Securing the buttons and making the blind buttonholes is unduly timeconsuming and therefore a comparatively expensive operation for themanufacturer, and buttoning and unbuttoning the strap is a nuisance tothe wearer. In addition, when the garmet is pressed, impressions ofthebuttons show through. Furthermore, pull on the strap is concentrated onthe localized fabric areas to which the buttons are sewn. It is notdistributed about the trouser leg, in consequence of which the trouserleg becomes unsightly in use.

An important object of the present invention is to provide an improvedstay construction whereby buttons and blind buttonholes are avoided.

Another object is to provide such a construction which is simple andeconomical in manufacture and simple and convenient in use.

Another object is to provide such a construction whereby pull on thestrap is distributed widely and not concentrated in localized areas, inconsequence of which the appearance of the trouser leg in use ismaterially improved.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent when the followingdescription is read with reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View showing a trouser leg and stay constructionin accordance with the invention and 1n use;

FIG. 2 is an exploded .perspective view of the trouser leg and stayshown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the trouser leg and stay in assembledcondition;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical section on line IV-IV of FIG. l;

FIG. 5 is a vertical section on line V-V of FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a section on line VI-VI of FIG. 5.

The following description is directed to the specific ernbodiment of theinvention shown in the accompanying drawing and is not addressed to thescope of the invention, which may be practiced in various forms.

The trouser leg 10 to which the stay of the present invention is appliedcomprises a front panel 12 and a rear panel 14. On the outer side of thetrouser leg, the panels 12 and 14 are turned inwardly, as at 16, andseamed, as at 18. On the inner side of the trouser leg, the parts 12 and14 are turned inwardly, as at 20, and seamed, as at 22. The lowerterminal portion of the trouser leg is interlined with suitablematerial, designated 23, and turned f inwardly and upwardly andstitched, as at 24, to form ice lnlgthwise of the hem. These slits areedged like buttono es.

The stay comprises a strap, generally designated 32, formed of an outerply of material 34 and an inner ply of material 36. The opposite sidemarginal areas of the plies 34 and 36 are turned inwardly, as at 38, andseamed, as at 40. The opposite ends of the strap 32 are bound togetherby overedge stitching 42.

Overlying each end of the strap 32 is a flexible elongated crosspiece 44made of plastic sheet material sewn to the strap, as at 46. The lowermarginal area of the crosspiece is recessed, as at 48, providingshoulders 50. The opposite ends of the crosspiece are rounded, as at 52.The crosspieces are slightly shorter in length than the width of thetrouser leg.

ln attaching the stay to the trouser leg the strap 32 may be folded asshown in FIG. 2. Then the opposite end portions of each crosspiece areprojected respectively through the associated slits 28, as shown in FIG.3. The lower edges of the stays seat in the fold at the bottom of thetrouser leg so that the edges defining the recess 48 do not bear on thebottom of the slits 28. The shoulders 50 at opposite ends of the recess48 secure the crosspiece against shifting longitudinally.

It will be noted that buttons and blind button-holes are dispensed withaltogether, to the advantage of both the manufacturer and the user. Inaddition, pull on the strap is distributed about the trouser leg and isnot concentrated on any localized area of the fabric. Thus theappearance of the trouser leg in use is materially improved.

What is claimed is:

In a device for staying the legs of trousers, slacks, pants and thelike, the combination comprising a trouser leg having a lower terminalportion turned inwardly and upwardly and sewn to form a -hem substantialin length, said hem having formed therein a pair of laterally spacedslits extending lengthwise thereof on each side of the trouser leg, anda stay including a strap adapted to extend under the wearers foot andupwardly on both sides thereof into said trouser leg, and a pair ofelongated crosspieces of flexible plastic sheet material sewn fastrespectively to the opposite end portions of said strap, each of saidcrosspieces having the opposite end portions thereof projectedrespectively through the associated pair of said slits and nested insaid hem, said crosspieces being only slightly shorter than the width ofsaid trouser leg and being substantially longer than the distancebetween said slits, the opposite end portions of said crosspieces beingtirmly seated in the fold at the bottom of the hem and the lowermarginal areas of the intermediate portions of said crosspieces beingrecessed to avoid bearing upon the areas of hemmed material at the lowerends of said slits.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 713,565 11/02Hart 2--137 FOREIGN PATENTS l 378,437 8/07 France. 1,287,504 2/ 62France.

11,431 of/O8 Great Britain. 5 84,962 1/ 47 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner,

ROBERT V. SLOAN, Examiner.

